(Provided by Tennis World USA)
It ended in tears in a dramatic awards ceremony for her: Ons Jabeur failed to win the title at Wimbledon again this year. The stakes for the Tunisian player were high: it is not often that she gets the opportunity to become the first African able to conquer a Grand Slam tournament and write the history of an entire continent.Everyone was ready to celebrate an unprecedented success, to pay the right tribute to an extraordinary tennis player.
All except Marketa Vondrousova, who could not have chosen a better stage to win the first Grand Slam of her career and become the third Czech player, after Jana Novotna and Petra Kvitova, to dominate the All England Club lawns.The Czech defeated an unrecognizable Jabeur with a clear 6-4, 6-4.An achievement unimaginable a few years ago.
Indeed, after reaching her first Grand Slam final at the Roland Garros in 2019, Vondrousova was forced to undergo two surgeries on her left wrist.A journey full of pitfalls that hides a strength of resilience that is difficult to find in a common personality.
The lowest-ranked tennis player ever to win the Championships defeated five seeds to lift the coveted trophy to the sky: the last to accomplish the feat…
